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Dr. Madan M. Oberoi (IPS)

Joint Commissioner (Special Cell), Delhi Police and Ex-Director - Cyber Innovation & Outreach, IGCI, Interpol

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Bithal Bhardwaj

Chief Information Security Officer and Principal Risk Advisor, GE Africa & GE South Asia

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Guru Bhat

GM technology & Head of Engineering, PayPal

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Avinash Prasad

VP & Business Head, Managed Security Services, Tata Communications

Prasad brings more than 13 years of security and risk management experience to Tata Communications where he heads the global practice and business area of managed security service. He has a multi-functional focus on customer management, practice and solution development, business development, innovation and partnership. Prior to this, Prasad has led the creation and building of security practices in the areas of managed security services and advanced security services in Wipro, followed by a role leading the information and cyber risk management practice for Infosys. Prasad has had hands-on experience in building integrated security solutions across infrastructure, application and process (GRC) stacks. He has extensive experience with working with leading security technology players while driving alliances & hosted security services for Wipro ESS. Prasad holds a B. Tech from IIT, Delhi and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

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Sunil Sharma

Sr. Director Sales, Sophos (India & SAARC)

Sunil Sharma joined Sophos in 2015 as vice president, sales, for India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. He is responsible for the company's regional sales and channel organization. Sophos acquired India's prominent network security company Cyberoam, where Sunil was responsible for the entire sales and operations for these regions since 2011. With a rich and extensive experience of 25 years in the IT industry, in the field of Computers, Storage & Security; Sunil has worked with diverse industry verticals and segments - SI's, VAR's, ISP's, Resellers, Dealers, Retail, OEM, Enterprise, SME, SMB and SOHO. He has worked with worked with companies like McAfee, EMC Data Storage, Iris Computers in his previous assignments. He has got two Channel Chief Awards in 2015 and 2016 from SME Channels and NCN Magazine respectively. Sunil has a master's in business management with specialization in marketing and B.TECH in electronics & communications from the Delhi University. Mr. Sharma has been an eminent speaker in various forums, seminars & conferences on IT Security Events, Defense Expositions and IT and had been conducting informative sessions on Motivation and Team Building within internal teams and community.

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Brijesh Miglani

Sr. Presales Consultant, Forcepoint

Brijesh Miglani, Sr. Presales Consultant at Forcepoint has over 12 years of Enterprise Security solutioning and consulting experience across industry verticals like IT/ITES, manufacturing, banking and Government etc. Brijesh is also a trusted advisor to some of the very large enterprise customers of Forcepoint in India. Brijesh specializes in understanding customer concerns over the risks and security and providing solutions that would address their challenges.

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Steven D'sa

Director, Consulting - South East Asia, Mandiant Consulting, FireEye

Steven focuses on Incident Response, Strategic Transformations and Proactive Assessment services and provides insight to customers handling emergency incidents, transformation and continual improvement of security posture within enterprises.

Steven has 17 years of experience in leadership and functional roles providing a wide range of Enterprise Security and Technology consulting services to clients in APJ geography. He is a seasoned security operations practitioner with a keen interest in information security threat vectors and understands how they operate. As an advisor in enterprise security engagements, Steven has helped transform information security strategies and controls, as well as structure preparatory response mechanisms for incidents where controls may have been breached and sensitive information compromised.

Prior to joining FireEye, Steven was the Principal Security Architect for Symantec Consulting in ASEAN, Korea & India. In his role he has advised security management at several large Symantec customers on information security and risk management strategies, and led teams of consultants delivering professional services related to the Information Security spectrum.

Steven led and managed teams transforming enterprise security, running MSSP Operations, Security Advisory Research, engineering enterprise products in his previous roles at Symantec.

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Rakesh Kharwal

Country Leader - IBM Security Software, India/South Asia, IBMEnterprise Business, (India)

As Country Leader for IBM security software Business, Rakesh's key responsibilities include being instrumental in improving the cyber security posture of Government organizations & corporates, to help automate & secure their business processes - by designing hardware & networking solutions, eBusiness process consulting, custom software development & related services to improve their productivity and customer focus.

With an experience of close to two & half decades, Rakesh's IT security stint started with Microsoft Corporation as Security Lead, followed by McAfee as The Govt & Enterprise Bsuiness Leader. He has played a key role in starting India's first "CISO Forum" to drive security awareness across the various sectors. He has run successful campaigns to build security awareness among IT Professionals and developers on secure code writing; including cyber education for children in partnership with Government bodies.

As a trusted advisor, he passionately continues to engage with corporates, PSU's in the critical infrastructure space & key Government agencies responsible for driving cyber security in India. He actively participates at cyber security forums and events, sharing his experience and learning in the IT security space.

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Richard Comish

CTO, Nehemiah Security

Richard Comish is Chief Technology Officer at Nehemiah Security. In addition, he serves as Architect with overall technical responsibility for product development.

Before coming to Nehemiah, Richard was the CTO of Curation Corporation. He was responsible for developing the algorithms that processed, selected and enriched content for clients in demanding markets such as Financial Services and Insurance. Richard has been a CTO at companies large and small, including a large European Investment Bank, a London-based stock broker and a consultant to markets such as remote support, European Healthcare and e-Learning.

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Ayelet Avni

IBM Trusteer End Point Protection, Rapport & Mobile Offering Manager

Ayelet has more than 15 years in the industry in a variety of roles from research and development to business. In her role as End Point Protection Offering Manager at IBM, Ayelet is leading the IBM Trusteer Rapport and Mobile product offering, industry leading solutions for fighting cybercrime and advanced threats. Prior to joining IBM, Ayelet held various management roles at leading companies including RSA which gives her a wide view on the market, customer needs and the fraud landscape.

Ayelet holds a master degree in system engineering and engineering degree in computer science from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

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Maxim Shifrin

Trusteer Technical Product Manager for Pinpoint Solutions

Maxim Shifrin, IBM Trusteer Technical Product Manager for Pinpoint Solutions, Maxim has more than 10 years in the industry in a multiple positions from software development to business. In his role as a Product Manager at IBM Trusteer, Maxim is part of the Pinpoint products offering team, an industry leading solutions for fighting cybercrime and advanced threats. Prior to joining IBM, Maxim held various roles at leading industry Nice Actimize company, which gives him a wide view on the market, customer needs and the fraud landscape. Maxim holds an BA degree in Computer Science and MBA from Bar Ilan University in Israel.

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Jacob Olcott

Senior Leadership, BitSight Technologies

Olcott is part of the senior leadership team at BitSight Technologies and has a long history in helping to shape both the practice and legislation of cyber security. He previously managed the cybersecurity consulting practice at Good Harbor Security Risk Management. Prior to Good Harbor, he served as legal advisor to the Senate Commerce Committee, where he acted as Chairman John D. Rockefeller's lead negotiator on comprehensive cybersecurity legislation. Olcott also served as counsel to the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee. He completed his education at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia School of Law. He currently teaches a class on cybersecurity policy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

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Robert Villanueva

Executive Vice President, Q6 Cyber and Founder of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division of the US Secret Service

Villanueva spent 25 years in the U.S. Secret Service, where he specialized in transnational cybercrimes, access device fraud, network intrusions and identity theft data breaches affecting the private sector. He served in both investigative and undercover capacities around the world. Villanueva founded the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Intelligence Section and headed the Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force. He has conducted extensive research into computer botnets and malware development attributed to foreign actors, and has led numerous projects in partnership with Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University and private companies. Presently, Villanueva advises the boards of directors at Florida International University, the Florida International Security Association, Florida International Bankers Association and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. He currently serves as executive vice president of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division at cybersecurity firm Q6 Cyber.

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Robert Villanueva

Executive Vice President, Q6 Cyber and Founder of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division of the US Secret Service

Villanueva spent 25 years in the U.S. Secret Service, where he specialized in transnational cybercrimes, access device fraud, network intrusions and identity theft data breaches affecting the private sector. He served in both investigative and undercover capacities around the world. Villanueva founded the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Intelligence Section and headed the Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force. He has conducted extensive research into computer botnets and malware development attributed to foreign actors, and has led numerous projects in partnership with Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University and private companies. Presently, Villanueva advises the boards of directors at Florida International University, the Florida International Security Association, Florida International Bankers Association and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. He currently serves as executive vice president of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division at cybersecurity firm Q6 Cyber.

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Joanna Schoneveld

Senior Manager, Fraud Programs, Interac Association/Acxsys Corp.

Schoneveld is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of fraud programs and services at Interac, where she has been analyzing fraud trends and leading the development and delivery of fraud programs for more than 11 years. Before joining Interac, Schoneveld worked at CIBC and Sears Canada Bank, where she analyzed and investigated fraud. Her focus at Interac is to empower consumers and businesses to make informed risk decisions by offering innovative and flexible fraud solutions.

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